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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like your kid doesn’t have ADHD, congrats to you. Some of us are trying to help our kids apply to college or else they might not even go. And maybe they’ll fail out once they’re there. I hope you are extra smug when we have to tell you about that. [/quote]

Why do you care if they’re smug? That doesn’t change the fact that your kid has ADHD. You will always have to be involved like this, even when your kid is an adult. Are you going to resent these comments for the rest of your life? Get over it. It is what it is.[/quote]

Why are you all acting like ADHD is this impossible diagnosis? Between meds and routines and effort, this isn’t a huge disability. I say this as someone with ADHD who wasn’t diagnosed/medicated until my 40s. If you are enabling your teens and treating them as incompetent, then sure they’re never going to be competent. [/quote]

Working on building these skills sooner than later. 
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Agree. As a society we've made ADHD to be this major disability when it really shouldn't be.  I have a college freshman with severe ADHD and it's just one part of who he is. He's medicated, he has routines, effort ,double checks, and he makes it all work.  Is he (or will he ever be) the most organized person on the planet?  No, but he's very functional and on the rare occasion that he messes up, he learns from his mistake. That (learning from his mistake) is a far more powerful impetus or future change than me stepping in and managing his life. [/quote]

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